Baking: Orange Cake

It’s a rainy Saturday night and I have opted to stay in rather than a night out in town. I had a pretty productive evening of house chores and ended my night by baking a cake around 11pm this evening. It will be a welcome treat for Sunday.

(5) Divide your mixture into the two cake tins and bake in the centre of the oven for 20-25 minutes until raised and golden brown. Check by sticking a skewer in the centre of one of the cake and making sure it comes out clean

(6) Allow the cakes to cool in their tins for 10 minutes before turning out onto wire racks to cool completely

(7) To make the buttercream, beat the butter, orange juice, icing sugar and orange zest together until smooth

(8) To make the glazed topping, put your icingsugar in a separate bowl with the orangejuice. Mix together.

(9) To assemble your cake, spread the top of one of the cakes with the buttercream and sandwich the other cake on it. Pour the glaze carefully on top allowing it to spill over the side.